Message in a bottle from cruise ship found -- 35 years later!
The Stamford Advocate this week has the fascinating tale of a "message in a bottle" from a cruise ship that apparently survived more than three decades at sea before landing in the British West Indies.
A vacationer from Illinois found the clear glass Tab cola bottle -- sealed with a cork and an aluminum screw top -- on the island of Middle Caicos during a recent trip, the Connecticut paper says.
A note inside the bottle was dated Dec. 29, 1973.
"I am on the Vistafjord. Write back to Andrew Tallos," the message said in a child's handwriting, according to the paper. "324 Haviland Rd, Stamford, Conn. 06903."
The Advocate tracked down Tallos, who was 11 at the time he wrote the message and dropped it overboard.
"My sister, Lisa, remembers the vacation really well," Tallos told the paper. "She's even more excited than I am. I really had forgotten all about the bottle, the vacation, so it's interesting to hear that it's turned up and survived."
Tallos' sister tells the paper the family sailed on the maiden voyage of the 25,000-ton Vistafjord, a trip to the Southern Caribbean from New York. She added that her entire family gathered at the back of the ship to throw the sealed bottle into the sea.
Cruise lines have strict rules about throwing items off of ships, of course
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=56612489.blog
Just thought it was a cool story - and ya'll know I love a good Message In A Bottle story. Thanks Colleen for sending it to me. By the way - Colleen is my friend from my years in Hawaii. We are OLD friends, reunited through modern technology and the internet -- isn't that just COOL? I think so!
Have a great Wednesday. Hope you find a message in a bottle of your own today.
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